As a social studies student/teacher, I can relate. I'm a left a little wanting. You should lengthen your poem by describing the burden of weight. I'd consider this a good start. However, it'll hold up on its own. Write on!

Very interesting. It took me a bit to get it, and I'm still not sure what "this" is, but the bit it took wasn't confusion, it was, as someone once said to me, "sitting in a poem". Pretty good work, a little vauge ("the eighth"?). I like the simplicity and lack of capitalization. The second stanza has a definite feeling of weight to it.

very concise, but. the way you ended it. sort of smarmy. great work, again.

This is nice. Concise. It really says quite a lot in very few words, which is nice. Keep writing! :)

It sort of rhymes, I love the way it sounds.

I'm not sure why I like this, but I do.